The Godfather of Football

I forgot which sage said that if you want to defeat the world, you must first defeat yourself!

And Rehhagel said that the best defense is offense, and the best offense is defense.

Ye Qiu was very sure from the beginning that this was not a game to please the fans and the media, absolutely not!

It is unrealistic and self-destructive to ask Ajax II to play a desperate direct confrontation with Eindhoven when there is a huge gap in overall strength.

So Ye Qiu put himself in a weak position from the beginning, put on a weak posture, and first strengthen the defense.

The three midfielders are all physically fit and capable of both offense and defense, especially De Jong and Maduro, who have good defensive abilities, and the four defenders are also the type with fast speed and flexibility, which makes Ye Qiu's defensive arrangement not shrink very far back as some people guessed.

Bobby Hams is right. Under the threat of players like Vogel and Van Bommel, if you shrink your defense too far back, it will give the opponent a chance to shoot from a distance. For Ajax, this threat is not much less than actively pressing forward, and it can even be said to be higher.

The defense of Ajax II is mainly arranged in the midfield.

De Jong, Sneijder and Maduro, these three players, plus the retreating Van der Vaart and Kulu, five players form the defense zone in the midfield, while Huntelaar keeps interfering with Eindhoven's defense in front, especially the entanglement with the two central defenders, and spares no effort.

In the entire midfield area, using the advantage of local numbers to form sufficient defense and pressure, so that the opponent cannot easily send the ball into the 30-meter area of ​​Ajax II, then the luxurious attacking lineup at the front will lose the biggest threat.

One of the most important reasons for PSV's success this season is their wing. The devilish double wings of Korka and Romedal are almost invincible in the Dutch arena. In order to suppress their wing, Ye Qiu also made a lot of arrangements.

Van der Vaart and Kulul interfered with and suppressed PSV's two wing, cutting off the connection between the opponent's full-back and the two wingers. Once Korka and Romedal got the ball, there would be two players around to double-team and close-guard in time.

Because Ajax's three lines were kept very compact, and the players were fully committed to the game and implemented the coach's tactics, they could guarantee the team to do this to the greatest extent.

That's why, after the opening, when Romedal was ready to eat Abidal alone with the ball many times, De Jong always appeared near Abidal to provide support, and after several losses, Romedal began to give up the idea of ​​doing something on the wing and started to move to the middle.

Gretz's intention was clear. Korka's retreat was to pull out the full-backs of Ajax II, so that Van Nistelrooy, Nilis, and Romedal who cut in would have the opportunity to create threats near the penalty area. Moreover, Korka's retreat could also avoid the opponent's close-to-man marking tactics and connect the ball route in the middle and front court.

Ye Qiu also made adjustments to the opponent's strategy as soon as possible.

Once Korka retreated, Van der Russ followed immediately, Heitinga pulled to the right, Maduro retreated to the central defender position to fill in for Heitinga, and De Jong and Sneijder returned to the middle to protect the defense line as soon as possible.

It can be said that the tactical formation of Ajax II seems rigid, but it is actually very flexible. It can be arranged according to the opponent's tactical arrangements and be resolved and blocked as soon as possible.

However, it must be said that the individual abilities of PSV Eindhoven's players are too outstanding. Several times, they relied on their personal abilities to create some threats in the offense, but the overall integrity of Ajax II was very strong from front to back, and the players kept a very close distance from each other, especially after a month of drills, and they cooperated very well with each other.

Ye Qiu had watched the game in which Ajax I lost 0:4 to PSV Eindhoven before. Now he has learned lessons from experience. He strictly ordered the players to reduce one-on-one competition with the opponent as much as possible, and make full use of their own tight formation and local advantages in numbers to resolve the opponent's offense and force them to return empty-handed again and again.

Active midfield pressing and tight defensive layout made PSV Eindhoven's most obvious individual abilities and the team's offensive advancement speed unable to be exerted in the defense zone of Ajax II. Once the ball entered the defense zone of Ajax II, it was like being trapped in a swamp.

In this situation, PSV's attack never really suppressed Ajax II, and Ajax II did not have the slightest idea of ​​counterattacking, and the two sides entered a stalemate where neither could do anything to the other.

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Time passed by, and Gretz's brows became tighter and tighter, because he found that his team's attack hit a piece of iron plate, and it was an iron plate that was impervious to water and fire.

In the first 15 minutes, PSV completely took advantage and initiative, and launched many attacks, but failed to form a truly threatening opportunity, otherwise, with the strength of Van Nistelrooy and Nilis, they would have scored a goal long ago.

The reason for all this was the opponent's defense, and everyone seemed to be stuck together.

PSV also tried to slow down the offensive and lure the opponent out, but Ye Qiu rushed out at the first time and shouted to the players to keep the formation and defense, and never step out.

At this time, Gretz saw that this Chinese boy was a tortoise and planned to hide in the tortoise shell and not come out!

"Damn it, if you don't come out, I will smash your tortoise shell!" Gretz was also fierce.

There is a way to crack the defense of Ajax II. It is bold to press forward and invest more troops in the offense, especially to push Van Nistelrooy and Nilis into the penalty area of ​​Ajax, so that they can create threats in the penalty area.

But in this way, the risk is the opponent's counterattack!

However, as long as he thought that the high-ranking PSV was forced to no avail by an Ajax II team, Gretz couldn't swallow this breath. He knew clearly that this game must be won.

Thinking of this, he waved to Faber and made a gesture of pressing forward.

He was also sure in his heart that the guy who was hiding in his tortoise shell and dared not come out would dare to fight back?

It's true, Ye Qiu really fought back!

PSV's massive pressure posed a huge threat to Ajax II's defense. There was a panic in front of the goal, especially with the two ace shooters Van Nistelrooy and Nilis sitting in the penalty area. They began to try every means to pass the ball into the penalty area, causing chaos in Ajax II's penalty area from time to time.

Ye Qiu gritted his teeth on the sidelines and was extremely nervous, but he also saw that after PSV's massive pressure, a large gap was left behind the defense line, so he walked to the sidelines and made a gesture to Kivu, saying by his lip shape, counterattack!

In the 22nd minute, PSV launched a round of crazy attacks towards Ajax II's penalty area, almost wanting to swallow Ajax completely in one breath, but just when Vogel wanted to pass the ball into the penalty area, Heitinga kicked the ball away before Van Nistelrooy.

De Jong and Van Bommel competed for the ball and kicked it to Sneijder.

After Sneijder stopped the ball, he directly made a long pass over the top.

The kick was very powerful, but the landing point was also erratic. After all, it was kicked in a hurry and was aimed at Kourou.

Kourou faced Heintzer, a 37-year-old Danish veteran. The two were competing in speed on the wing. Kourou was sprinting forward, while Heintzer was retreating quickly. The difference was obvious.

In the end, Kourou stopped the ball with his chest before the baseline. Without waiting for Heintzer to block, he directly kicked the ball back and passed it to the front of the penalty area.

As early as when Kourou was advancing, Huntelaar had already rushed past Nikiforov in the first time.

The Russian central defender is one of the best central defenders in Eindhoven this season. He is tall and excellent in frontal confrontation, but he also has the typical disadvantages of Russian central defenders, that is, he is slow in turning and speed, and was directly left behind by Huntelaar.

However, Huntelaar did not kick the ball at the front of the penalty area. Instead, he did not stop the ball at his feet. He directly passed the ball at a 45-degree angle to the left side of the goal. Then he saw Van der Vaart rushing into the penalty area from behind. Van der Weyden next to him tried his best to stop him, but Van der Vaart was very fast.

At the critical moment, Waterus suddenly rushed forward, forcing Van der Vaart, who had just received the ball, to kick the ball in a hurry, but the more experienced Waterus saved Van der Vaart's low shot from the bottom line!

"Wow~~~~"

The second team's home stand, which originally could only accommodate 1,500 people, gathered more than 2,000 people at this moment. When they saw that Van der Vaart's shot was saved by the opponent, they all sighed, and the momentum was quite spectacular.

After all, this was Ajax's only shot so far in this game, and also the only chance to enter PSV's penalty area. They failed to score directly, which must be said to be a missed golden opportunity.

Ye Qiu also slapped his cheeks with both hands, as if he wanted to drive away all the regrets on his body.

He knew very well in his heart that facing a strong team like PSV, it was very rare to have such an opportunity in a game. Now that he missed it in vain, it would be difficult to wait for such an opportunity again.

But in this case, he could not show disappointment, but should give encouragement and hope!

"Well done, Rafael!"

"And you guys, you are all great!"

"It's a pity, let's do it next time!"

"First, do a good job of defense, everyone, pay attention to defense and positioning!"

"Eric, Christian, don't go up to fight for the corner kick, we don't want a corner kick!"

Ye Qiu's shouting almost made Gretz collapse. Does this guy still have any ambition?

Just because they were worried about PSV Eindhoven's counterattack during the corner kick, they simply gave up the corner kick?

However, the counterattack by Ajax II just now really made Gretz break out in a cold sweat, and they almost got scored!

At the beginning of the game, he didn't dare to rush forward because he was worried about the counterattack by Ajax II. Now, this counterattack by Ajax II once again reminded Gretz that the opponent is not completely powerless to fight back.

Gretz hesitated between maintaining offensive pressure and taking the opponent's counterattack into consideration, but he finally chose a safe tactic to ensure that no goals were conceded.

Ironically, Ye Qiu seemed to follow this line of thought, and everything was based on the principle of no goals conceded.

It is conceivable that the two teams that did not want to take risks and did not want to concede goals would play a football of their own, and the game soon returned to the stalemate at the beginning.

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After Ye Qiu walked out of the coaching seat at the beginning of the game, he had no time or energy to sit back.

He knew very well that such a game would test Ajax II's tactical execution and the ability to avoid mistakes. If Ajax II could ensure that they did not make fatal mistakes, Ye Qiu believed that his team would be able to defend to the end.

So, he stood on the sidelines and threw himself into the game. He had to keep an eye on the players and the situation, and try not to let the situation have uncontrollable factors, and try to nip all possible mistakes in the bud.

But even so, uncontrollable factors still appeared.

Van der Rue is a young player after all. Although he is favored by many people in the second team, he still looks very timid when facing a famous star like Korka, which makes him very nervous.

In a close defense, as long as he blocks Korka and buffers, Maduro, who is about to arrive, can join forces with him, but Van der Rue rashly chooses to kick.

This is a trap deliberately made by Korka. As soon as he saw Van der Rue really made a move, he immediately pulled the ball and dribbled past Van der Rue, who had lost his center of gravity and got rid of him. The latter could only watch helplessly and desperately as Korka passed by him.

Driving the ball to the right side of the penalty area of ​​​​Ajax II, Korka noticed the situation in the penalty area. He made a diagonal pass and passed the ball to the right side of the penalty area, trying to find Nilis. This is also a common match in Eindhoven's offensive tactics.

Nilis is an old PSV veteran. This season is his sixth season in PSV. He has scored more than double digits in every season. Last season, he scored 24 league goals. He and Van Nistelrooy's double striker team scored a total of 55 goals, and their offensive power shocked the whole of Europe.

Now, he was lying in ambush in the penalty area, ready to attack the right post. As soon as he saw Korka's pass, Nilis knew that the drama was coming, and he immediately rushed forward quickly, ready to jump high to compete for the header.

But at this moment, he saw a black shadow rushing over from the left, rushing before him, jumping high, facing Korka's oblique pass, and headed the ball out with his head.

But because of the rush, Abidal's header clearance did not clear too far. Nilis noticed that the landing point was nearby, so he wanted to grab it, but Romedal, who followed Abidal from the left, also wanted to grab it. As a result, the two almost collided with each other by accident, and then they wanted to avoid giving each other a chance by accident.

In this situation, Kivu kicked the ball away immediately, saving Ajax from a crisis of destruction.

It was very clear that the two thousand Ajax fans in the stands all shouted and breathed a sigh of relief.

Because everyone knew that if this goal was scored by PSV, the consequences would be disastrous.

Ye Qiu also felt a little lucky, and said to Ricklink with a wry smile: "It seems that we are lucky!"

"Vander Ru is too nervous, something will happen sooner or later!" Ricklink also looked frightened.

If the ball was scored by PSV, there would be no need to play the game.

How could Ye Qiu not know this?

"Let Van Duyn warm up, he will play as a central defender in the second half, Heitinga will go to the right, and Van Drew will come down!" Ye Qiu thought about it and decided to make a substitution.

The reason why he put Van Dru on the field was because Van Dru and the others had a better understanding of each other, but he didn't expect that this old guy performed well against other teams and against the Go Ahead Eagles, but he was nervous against PSV Eindhoven. Isn't this depressing?

After hearing this, Ricklink immediately nodded, walked back, and went to the bench to tell Van Duyn to warm up.

Both sides created a threat and almost scored a goal, but in the end, neither scored.

After almost finishing, Ye Qiu called on the players to pay more attention to defense and positioning, especially the mutual defense and replacement between each other, which must be paid attention to, which also consolidated the defense of Ajax II once again.

PSV Eindhoven's attack again and again could not get a little gap and opportunity in the penalty area of ​​Ajax II. The players of Ajax II began to use their strenuous running and tenacious defense to resolve PSV Eindhoven's attack again and again, and keep the goal.

In this situation, Gretz did not dare to take risks. Ajax's fast and smooth offensive counterattack left a very deep impression on him, and he did not want to do it again.

There is a saying that goes, playing with fire will burn yourself. Gretz is a defender after all, and stability is his first creed.

In the end, neither side scored a goal in the 45 minutes of the first half, and the game ended in a temporary draw of 0:0.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, all the Ajax fans in the stadium applauded and cheered for the players of Ajax II.

Although the game was embarrassing, passive and depressing, at least the players of Ajax II showed their fighting spirit and used all their strength to play the game. That's enough, isn't it?

It can be said that Ajax II has maintained its dignity so far in the game. No one, even the most picky people, can ask them to do more or better.

Only Ye Qiu felt that it was not enough and could be better!

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